DictionaryRoot: -ion
English
-ion
an action, process, or result
Forms
- -ion
Origin
Borrowed through French from Latin -io, whose longer form was -ion-.
Note
The ending names activities and results, rather than contributing a concrete object meaning.
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noun
indoctrination
in-dahk-trih-NAY-shun/ɪnˌdɑːktrɪˈneɪʃn/
Teaching someone to accept beliefs without questioning them.
Etymology
Indoctrinate originally meant simply “to teach,” and indoctrination meant “instruction.” The later shift toward instilling opinions or ideology underlies the current sense of teaching beliefs as unquestionable truth.